Valve and fitting



March 4 i924.

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1919 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 f a Leon Bffiser abbot/Mis March 4 1924.

L. B. YEISER VALVE AND FITTING Filed Feb. '7,

resented Mar. 4, 1924.

f UNITED sra-'ras LEON B. YEISBV OF CLEVELAS'D, OHIO.

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Application and schiusa-y 7, 191s. seria; No. 215,523.'

To all fwhom t may concern: Be it known that LEON B. .Ynrsmn citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the countyfof Cuyahoga and State of .5 Ohio, has invented certain new'and useful Improvements in Valves and Fittings, of which the following is. a specification. v

This invention relates to-,impr'ovements in a valve and litting, and the invention is particularly applicable to bath tubs and involves a combmed hot and cold water'valve to ether with an overflow connection for ya g tu which is or may be bilt in a wall or enclosed permanently by walls in'such manner that the supply and waste` ipes and the main body portions of the covered and concealed and practicall inaccessible. However, with this inventionthe .valve mechanismis exposed within the tub and accessible for operations, replacements and repairs, and provision is also. made for cutting off the water automatically upon the removal of the4 valve mechanism from the body of the valve. The renovable valve parts are also particularly constructed to.

permit their use in valve bodies having necks of different len hs and with a removable and replaceab e valve seat, so that a valve body having a worn out seat may 343 still be used without any change or alteration by merely interposing an auxiliary valve seat between the main valve seat and the valve stem supporting member. This auxiliary valve seat is also used to prevent the water sup ly from being shut off by the automatic va ve when the various valve parts are assembled together and confined within the valve body.

In the accompanying drawings, Fig. 1

vis la horizontal section and plan vieW- of a combined hot and cold water .valve embodying my invention; Fig. 2 is a front view of the combined hot and cold water valve connected with the overflow iitting.

Fig. 3 lisa vertical section on line 3 3,

Fig. 2. Figs. 4, 5 and 6 show my improved device mounted within the tub, Fig. 4 being a vertical section, Fi 5 a transverse, and

Fig. 6 a plan View o the tub. Fig. 7 is a side elevation partly in section of modified means for-.supporting the valve stem, wheretting. are

by a separate valve seat may be held upon the mam valve seat in the valve body.

My invention comprises la tubular cast metal body 2 having two tubular necks or extens`1ons3 and-1 respectively, at opposite ends thereof. These extensions are parallel with each other but at right angles to the longitudinal axis and' connecting portion of the body 2 and the rear. portions thereof are detachably connected with separate hot' and cold watersupply pipes 5 and 6, re-

spectively by means of union nuts 7, and\ either a gasket or ground joint connection may be made with said pipes. A valve seat A8 is also providedwithin the rear end of each extension, and the water passes from -the supplypipes through these seats and body 14 having a tubular valve l15 'rotatably mounted therein and serving ,as a spout. That is to say, valve member 15 comprises a tube havin an opening in its side adaptedto register w1th the central water passage in the short section of pipe 13 connected with fitting 12, andthe lower end of this. tube is i open and has a handle. 16 to turn it in either direction. An annular shoulder 18 upon valve member 15 is engaged by a nut 19 to hold 'said 'member rotatably within body 1 4. The hot and cold water may be shut oli Y entirely or the outflow regulated by aquarter turn of valve 15 all independently of the valve mechanism for controlling the initial 'inflow' of the hot andv cold water.

-Moreover, the flow of water 'may Vbe directed upwardly through the fitting to a vshower connectionl by closing this single valve 15, assuming that the screw plug 17 in the top of body 2 has been removed and a shower thereof.

Mixing of the hot and cold water is regul lated and controlled by a pair of separate valves 2O 'and 21 respectively, located in the frontl and longer ends of the extension 3 and pipe connection made in lieu i of lbody 2. These valves and the. other' parte associated therewith are exactly alike in construction and are) confined and secured within or uporthelbody in the'same--- e way; therefore slmila'rreference numbers havev been used forA correspondin parts. Thus,v a check valve 22 is provide within the vrear end of the extensions 3 and Le, Lwhereby the water supply will be shut on".I 'to automaticallyby the ressure of the water providing that the-.va ve mechanism within the front end of said extensions is'either released' or removed.. As shown,-the -check valvev has 'a tapered body adapted to seat lewithinthe tapered entrance 23 for valvev i seat l8, and the check, valve .is provided with segmental guide ortions 24 spaced apartl at its rear end an a series of radial notches I '25 at its front endPandthe bod of said a@ check valve is chambered or ho lowed at its iront end to permit the water to pass out centrally therefrom. When this checkvalve is pressed .slightly toward the rear an annular space is .obtained around it through se, which the water may How to reach the front.

notches and. center opening, and the check valve is held in a retlred andopen position when engaged with an annular ange 27 or projecting part at the' base of a separategor so auxiliary valve seat or member 28.

This member comprises a hollow cylin-l drical body having' openings 29 within its sides adapted to register with the ends of cross passage 9 in body 2 whensai'd member 28 is thrust and held against the diaphragm or wall having lannular seat 8 at its lfront opposite the tapering entrance 23. To promote. sealing and a iuid-tightY joint, mem- -ber 28 is provided with a ring gasket 30 `of 4@ libreA or rubber to bear against seat 8, and saidl member is held upon said seat by the sleeve or thimble `31 which is provided with internal 'screw-threads for operating the valve stem 3 2 relatively to the annular bead '55 sleeve 'or thimble 31 'against the front edgeof the valve seating member 28, .thereby holding said -member 28 tightly upon seat l 8, and in this relation of partsthe flange 27 of member 28 bears against check valve 22 o to keep it apart from the tapered seat.

However, when nut 36 is loosenedl or removed the pressure of the water -against check valve 22 will tend to force said cheek valve to its seatjand at the same time rese member 28 and the sleeve or thimb e 31 f the valve body an outwardly aridawa from seat 8. f In this way 'the water is s ut od' the vinstaan'. nut 36 is unscrewed and either` valve 20 or 21 removed. from its extension together with its sleeve or thimble y31. valve the va ve to be also removed'and to be re- Removal' of the plaeed'ifnecessar if worn or to have-a new gasket substitute for the old and worn gasket. Furthermore, by utilizing a separate or auxiliary seating member 28, 1n combination with a valve. and the remov- -able sleeve or thimble 31 I. am enabled tov use an old valve body already installed in a bath tub or `any lavatory fitting without disconnectin the tting from its pipe conne'ction nor isturbing it or the parts upon or within which it is mounted. lt is only necessary to insert the seating member 28 so that it mayenage the old valve seat in then press and holditxto this seat by introducing the valve and its supporting sleeve 31 ,and then screwing and tightening up the nut 36.)

ln attaching m improved Valve and overermits the seating member 28 forY ToI dowtting to a ath tub the first step is 'to introduce the extensions 3v and 4 and the openings provided in theend wall of the tub until shoulders 38 on the extensions 3 and 4 .and the ang'e' 39 on the overow short pipe 13 into and through the usual fitting 12 bear against .the outside face of the wall. Screw flanges .40 on -the extensions are then vturned to vclam and hold thebody rigidly upon the tub.

posite the overow opening in fitting 12.

open guard plate, 41 is also usually sleeved upon pipe 13 o pln Fi 7 I show a slightly modified form Y p-thirn le orsleeve for the water regulat- .ing valves, in that this sleeve is made of two parts a and b respectively, mounted for longitudinal adjustment' upon each other by a screw-threaded connection and is further equipped with a lock nut c to lix any .predetermined adjustment of the parts. The

and the valve seating member 28 when assembled within the valve body. Thus, the.

extensions may be of varying length and the thimble or sleeve parts a and b adjusted longitudinally to produce absolutely tight seating eects of the valve seat member 28 upon seat 8 as well as absolute tight sealing e'ects at the joint which must be sealed by compression of the What I claim is:

1. A valve body having a .pair of tubular extensions 'with separate water inlets and a common water outlet, a replaceable valve seat within each extension, a check valve within each water inlet engaged and held open by said valve seat, a longitudinallymovable valve opposite eaoh valve seat, and means for jointly supporting said valve and gasket within nut 36.

no idea of this arrangement of parts is to as# the replaceable valve seat withneach excommon outlet, and a cheek valve suppletension. inenting each main valve adapted toshut off 10 2. A Valve body having apair of tubular the Water supp'y thereto when said seat is extensions provided with separate water removed from the extension.

5 supply connectionsand a common outlet, a Signed at Cleveland, in the county of main valve having a separate seat remov- Cuyahoga, and State of Ohio, this 28th day ably mounted within each extension to conof January, 1919. trol the How of watertherethrough to said LEON B, YEISER. 

